Lentils, toasted walnuts, sun-dried tomatoes, lemon peel, spelt, a little bit of oregano, a little bit of parsley, and some torn spinach. Delicious, rustic, homemade “wheat”-balls! Perfect for pasta night topped with your favorite marinara. Tasty on a hoagie bun topped with sauce and melted cheese. Or if you’re feeling especially ambitious, make them according to…
Tag: Sun-dried Tomatoes
Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe, Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Cannellini Beans
Often confused with broccolini and broccoli, broccoli rabe has a very different flavor. While broccoli is sweet and broccolini is even sweeter, broccoli rabe is slightly bitter. The flavor reminds me of a more amped up collard green or Brussels sprout, but definitely nothing like broccoli. In fact, it is more closely related to a…
Vegan Broccoli Pasta Salad with Fresh Italian Herb Dressing
When I was a kid, my mom would let me pick a pasta salad from the deli counter at our local grocer every week. I always looked forward to it, and I almost always picked the same pasta salad. It had broccoli, sliced black olives, and a tangy vinaigrette. While I was coming up with…
Sun-Dried Tomato Garbanzo Burgers
When I buy frozen vegan burgers, I tend to think of them as a vehicle for condiments. It’s a rare day that I even notice the vegan burger has any flavor at all. There are a few good ones out there, but after you’ve been vegan for awhile, they all start blurring together. Due to…
Mediterranean Chickpea Eggplant Salad
Recently, I asked one of my friends, “If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?” I was very surprised to hear, “Eggplant.” Despite the fact that I eat baba ghannooj daily (I’m looking at you Al-Amir!), I don’t think of eggplants very often. They are flavor…
Grape Tomatoes with Cranberry Beans over Sourdough Toast
While walking through my local international grocer, I came across some cranberry beans. Having never heard of them before, I bought a bag without a plan for a meal. When I got home, I started reading about how cranberry beans are from Columbia, look like a pinto bean once cooked, but go well in Italian…